After Team Koshcheck finally broke through in the win column, the sixth episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 12″ begins with the team members in good spirits.

Nam Phan’s win over Team GSP’s Spencer Paige is still the buzz of the UFC Training Center, and after an over-the-top celebration, head coach Josh Kocheck quickly turns his attention to rival fighter Michael Johnson.

As the episode begins, we see Josh ribbing Michael, who submitted Team Koscheck’s Aaron Wilkinson in episode No. 3, about his supposed lack of conditioning and his “fat” stature.

Taking his cue from head coach Georges St-Pierre, Michael blows him off and retreats to a different room to continue his treatment.

In the following Team Koscheck training session, Josh talks about his love of winning and how he savors matchmaking duties. He’s confident all of his three remaining fighters can prove victorious, so they begin discussing strategies and matchups.

The deeper they get into the conversation, though, the more it becomes clear they’re just as anxious when they’re actually in control. And they specifically worry about how to beat Team GSP’s Dane Sayers and undefeated submission specialist Cody McKenzie.

Back at the house, Team GSP officially has had enough of its rival team. The post-fight celebration was classless, Michael and Jonathan Brookins believe. Kyle Watson agrees, and they decide to keep their interactions limited.

“They’re going to celebrate like [expletives] tonight,” Jonathan sighs while awaiting their arrival. “They’re going to celebrate like they’ve never won anything before.”

Sure enough, Team Koscheck arrives feeling mighty proud of their win, which actually puts them in a 3-1 deficit. The screaming and whooping is bolstered by Josh, who decides to make a visit to the house to eat dinner with his fighters.

And, of course, the head coach is one of the first to head outside and began the taunting. He starts in with Michael, who quickly makes fun of Josh and his “lackeys” as they stand on the balcony overlooking Team GSP’s late-night pool lounging.

Before things escalate, the two parties break up. We then head to the gym for the latest fight announcement.

So what has Team Koscheck decided with its first pick? First-round draft pick Marc Stevens will take on Team GSP’s Cody McKenzie, who was picked sixth of seven.

Marc begins the trash talking and taunting with the customary staredown, and Cody simply brushes off both him and his coach, whom he flips on the chin.

“I just kind of give Koscheck a hard time,” Cody says in a confessional. “I just like to do it because I think it gets under his skin.”

As Team GSP laughs and walks away, Team Koscheck’s Sako Chivitchian takes offense and starts to confront them. But his bold move has little effect.

“We can’t even understand you,” someone jokes.

Josh initially shrugs it off but later admits he’s “kinda pissed” and hopes Marc wipes the floor with him.

At the following day’s Team GSP session, the fighters tell Georges about Josh’s arrival at the house and their needling. Georges tells them not to play their game and to be the bigger men. He says, though, that if they or anyone crosses a line, he won’t hesitate to smack them down.

Cody talks about his preparations for the fight during the usual pre-fight training montage.

Georges knows the odds aren’t on Cody’s side since he’s facing a No. 1 pick, but he also knows Cody isn’t scared of anyone and has the ability to win the fight.

At Team Koscheck arrives, Josh decides to kill Cody with kindness. He thinks the fighter’s disrespect is actually his way of saying he likes the rival coach, and Josh jokes (in a pretty creepy way) that he “can’t wait to get my hands on you” at a future training session.

Cody, though, laughs off the exchange and further sees the difference between the two coaches.

“He’s not like Georges at all,” Cody says. “He’s a big meat head. He thinks he’s the best at everything.”

In a confessional, Marc is confident of victory and feels all he needs to do is avoid Cody’s trademark guillotine. Marc says he’s got a great support system around him and has been competing for 20 years. Nerves don’t appear they’ll be a problem for the fight vet.

At the official weigh-ins – both fighters easily make weight – UFC president Dana White breaks down the fight and says Marc surely will try to avoid a takedown attempt since Cody’s guillotines are so well known. He predicts victory for Marc.

Back at the house, Cody is his usually laid-back and confident self. He admits Marc is probably better with everything from better wrestling to scrambles to cardio to ground skills. Yet, Cody still thinks he’s going to win. Marc admits that Cody has pushed his buttons, and in a confessional, calls him “uneducated,” “ignorant” and a “punk.”

“I wouldn’t mind kicking him off his pedestal,” Cody later admits. “For how small he is, he sure walks tall.”

Dana does the intros and fight-format recap, referee Steve Mazzagatti gets the action started, Cody waves off a call for a touch of the gloves, and we’re underway. Cody charges in, and Marc checks a leg kick and immediately shoots for a takedown. Cody hits the deck but locks in a guillotine, and Marc’s immediately in escape mode. Cody wraps his legs around one of opponent’s, and within seconds, Marc is clearly asleep from the patented choke. The ref halts the fight, Cody celebrates the victory, and Team Koscheck and its head coach sits in absolutely stunned silenced.

In addition to the loss, they now have to worry about who Sevak Magakian and Sako will fight now that Team GSP again gets matchmaking duties.

Surprisingly, we learn rather quickly, and we’re right back at the gym for the next fight announcement. There, Georges announced that it’ll be Team GSP’s Jonathan Brookins vs. Team Koscheck’s Sevak Magakian. (And that leaves a final matchup of Team GSP’s Dane Sayers vs. Team Koscheck’s Sako Chivitchian for next week.)

Both Jonathan and Sevak believe it’ll be a tough fight and seem excited about it.

Back at the house, Jonathan is doing his usual yoga and meditation, and he discusses how it brings balance both in his regular life and fighting. The WEC veteran contrasts that mellow part of his life with a savage fight style and intense training sessions.

“He’s great on the ground, and he’s getting better and better at striking,” Georges says. “Everything I teach, he’s like a sponge.”

But during one of their sessions, Georges takes a bump to the head and has to get stitches on his eyebrow. Team Koscheck arrives as the session is closing up, and with a sandal missing, Georges knows immediately whom to confront.

“Josh, where’s my sandal?” he asks.

Josh quickly notices the cut and wants details. He jokes with Georges, who says he’ll be fine for their December fight, and Josh said he planned to hit him on the chin anyway.

As Sevak readies for his fight, Josh explains that he’s a mad man, “Alpha male” type and essentially cut from the same cloth. Despite his intense and sometimes-strange demeanor, his teammates have taken a liking to the Armenian.

“Armenians love to fight,” he says, giving a line we’ve hard from fellow countrymen and fighters such as Karo Parisyan and Manny Gamburyan. “It’s on our blood.”

Josh likes his strength, jiu jitsu and judo, as well as the kid’s heart.

Jonathan, ever the philosopher, looks at the big picture.

“I’m a little speck in the world,” he says. “I don’t know if the universe cares if I win or not, but I know that the universe allowed me to be here in the course of all that could happen and did happen. So, my job is to act accordingly and to prove that this is something I want, I’m worthy of, and that I have the power to be great.”

Soon, it’s fight day once again, and we gear up for the second attraction of tonight’s twin billing. The fighters get their final instructions and soon make their way to a cage with a much more serious tone to it. And it’s:

After a touch of the gloves, both fighters patiently circle and paw their jabs. Savek swings first and misses and then goes with a head kick that’s checked. Jonathan fakes a shoot that badly fools his opponent, lands a body kick once he’s back up, clinches, and then goes chest to chest for a slick body throw and takedown. Savek quickly tries to get to his feet, and Jonathan hops on his back. Jonathan initially struggles to secure a body triangle but ultimately secures his hooks and works for the rear-naked choke. The pace is slow, but Jonathan methodically improves his position and cinches the choke deeply until Savek finally topples over and falls asleep. The ref checks Savek’s hand, realizes his unconscious, and halts another quick win for Team GSP.

“I was blown away by how fast Brookins buzz-sawed through Savek,” Dana says.

Jonathan admits he doesn’t like the attention.

“They don’t need to fear me because at the end, they’re going to respect me,” he says nonchalantly.

Back in the dressing room, Josh quickly comforts Savek and tells him not to get down. Josh says he did just about everything right and that he’s still got a shot at the wild-card entry into the quarterfinals.

But with a commanding 5-1 lead, this season is all Team GSP through six episodes.

Next week, we get the coaches challenge (home-run derby, baby!), our final prelim fight, and the announcement of this season’s wild-card picks.

Catch new episodes of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck” every Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Spike TV. MMAjunkie.com recaps each episode of the reality series, and full series coverage can be found on “The Ultimate Fighter 12” page.

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